KSA Local Tourism Sector Contributes 2.6% To Kingdom's Economy

(MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) The tourism sector contributes to 2.6 percent of the Saudi economy. A recent report released by the Saudi Commission on Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) has indicated that Saudi Arabia's tourism sector is set to create 1.7 million jobs over the coming six years, said the President of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) Prince Sultan n Salman, reported Saudi Gazette on Sunday. In line with this, Ziyad Bin Mahfouz, President, Elaf Group of Companies and a member of the Makkah Tourism Development Council, said the Kingdom's rapidly developing tourism industry is on the right track to success achieving continuous year-on-year (YoY) growth with the prospects of gaining better results in the next few years

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